Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Madagascar We advise caution when travelling to Madagascar. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
This country shares no land border with any other country. Thus, the region score is identical to the country risk rating.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Madagascar. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Madagascar.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Madagascar.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Madagascar from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.0 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Madagascar due to the uncertain political situation and violent crime (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed, and updates to crime information in the Tsaratanana, Tsiroanomandidy, Maintirano, and Betroka areas. Exercise increased caution in Madagascar due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Reconsider travel to the following areas due to violent crime and ...
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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Source: http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/travel_en.html
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Madagascar. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Madagascar changed from 3.1 to 3.4. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Madagascar to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Madagascar changed from 3.0 to 3.1. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Madagascar to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Madagascar changed from 2.7 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Madagascar to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Madagascar to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Madagascar changed from 2.5 to 2.7. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Madagascar changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 2.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 2.0.
The Cypriot government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 3.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 3.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Madagascar with a rating of 3.0.
Madagascar with its capital Antananarivo is a country in Africa (Eastern Africa), slightly less than twice the size of Arizona (587,040 km²). The country is located Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique. The climate can be described as tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south. The landscape is narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center. With a population of about 20.04 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Antananarivo |
| Population | about 20.04 million |
| Size | 587.040 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly less than twice the size of Arizona |
| Common languages | French, Malagasy |
| Currency | Ariary (short: MGA) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +261 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .mg |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | MG |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | MDG |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 450 |
These are problems Madagascar is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Madagascar. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Madagascar.
Export products
Import products
Madagascar is currently rated at 3,0 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Madagascar.
Visiting the country Madagascar is usually fine. The score is at 3,0 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Madagascar.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Madagascar. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Madagascar.
Madagascar has a size of 587,040 km² or 226,657 mi² which is slightly less than twice the size of Arizona.
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Travel safety map for Madagascar.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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